High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89452
iommu/msm: Unwind probe state on registration failure
8.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/msm: Unwind probe state on registration failure
msm_iommu_probe() adds its devm-managed IOMMU object to
qcom_iommu_devices before adding the IOMMU sysfs device and registering
it with the IOMMU core.
If iommu_device_sysfs_add() fails, probe returns with the object still on
qcom_iommu_devices. The driver core then releases the devm allocation,
leaving a dangling list entry that later list walks may dereference.
If iommu_device_register() fails, the same dangling list entry remains
and the sysfs device is left registered as well.
Unwind the sysfs device and global list entry in reverse setup order on
the corresponding failure paths.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
42df43b36163ed7d0ab13992e411093252903273 before 6a1ae472113762f794682229a0f233f1ee0f69a4; 42df43b36163ed7d0ab13992e411093252903273 before 51e37f9179387b6e3fa64a3d3b4fece1a38b3a02; 42df43b36163ed7d0ab13992e411093252903273 before f532401be9312ecd166f616bb74a65b0b4c150fa; 42df43b36163ed7d0ab13992e411093252903273 before 7f7074a886c4a93e3d12076ce60a510a1ebe400c; 42df43b36163ed7d0ab13992e411093252903273 before 535a200220ca2c83bc8bf54bd2cbe045d6ee70c4; 4.11 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89452
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89452
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1ae472113762f794682229a0f233f1ee0f69a4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51e37f9179387b6e3fa64a3d3b4fece1a38b3a02
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f532401be9312ecd166f616bb74a65b0b4c150fa
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f7074a886c4a93e3d12076ce60a510a1ebe400c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/535a200220ca2c83bc8bf54bd2cbe045d6ee70c4
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